IDF forces were able to foil a terror attack on Friday morning when they opened fire towards a Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist, as he was trying to plant explosives near the security fence in central Gaza. The terrorist was seriously wounded and evacuated to a hospital in Gaza. The incident came ten days
The Vatican joined an international organization for cultural dialogue, founded by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, as a founding observer on Thursday. The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vienna, moves to promote mutual understanding among followers of different religions and cultures.
A new video released on YouTube appears to show Syrian rebels killing a group of captured soldiers, drawing condemnations from human rights groups who warned on Friday that the gunmen may have committed a war crime. The footage was consistent with other Associated Press news agency reporting in the area. The video is dated
A top aide to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday he is apprehensive about the Islamic movement that brought Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi to power and sees no dialogue forthcoming between Mursi and Israeli leaders. “If I am apprehensive about anything, it's the Muslim Brotherhood because the Muslim Brotherhood is an ideological
Against the backdrop of debate in Israel of what to do with the thousands of African refugees in Israel and those that continue to pour into the country, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea, a larger problem is looming – before they reach the border with Israel these refugees face kidnapping by criminal gangs in Sinai
Doctors are the latest workers on strike in wave of industrial action under the government of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi on Thursday (November 1). Medical professionals from the country’s run-down public health system renewed a partial strike demanding better pay and work conditions, after a temporary suspension over Eid, and are threatening mass resignations
A new wave of radical Islamist attacks has prompted Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki to extend the country's state of emergency through January. "Marzouki decided Wednesday to extend the state of emergency by three months from November 2012,” announced the official TAP news agency. According to the statement, the extension was recommended by military and
The Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereidoun Abbasi, said this week that Iran is completing its nuclear activities, the Fars news agency reported. Asked about recent media reports on Iran's new centrifuges in the Fordow uranium enrichment facility, Abbasi told reporters at the end of a cabinet meeting in Tehran on
State-owned Iranian news outlet Press TV claims that U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Charles M. Gaouette, head of the John C. Stennis carrier group, who has been recalled for “inappropriate leadership judgment,” was part of a plot to overthrow the U.S. government if Barack Obama should be re-elected as president. "The decision was made based
A truck transporting fuel exploded Thursday in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, killing approximately ten people and wounding some 50 others, Al-Arabiya reported. The explosion took place at a busy intersection in the eastern part of Riyadh when the driver hit a bridge on top of Shaikh Jaber road. The accident damaged several
